Holiday Schedules | CU Anschutz

Fiscal Year 2025-26

Date	Day	Holiday
07/04/25	Friday	Independence Day
09/01/25	Monday	Labor Day
11/27/25	Thursday	Thanksgiving Day
11/28/25	Friday	Day After Thanksgiving in lieu of Mother Cabrini Day
12/24/25	Wednesday	Christmas Eve in lieu of Veterans Day
12/25/25	Thursday	Christmas Day
12/26/25	Friday	Winter Break
12/29/25	Monday	Winter Break
12/30/25	Tuesday	Winter Break
12/31/25	Wednesday	Winter Break
01/01/26	Thursday	New Year's Day
01/02/26	Friday	Winter Break
01/19/26	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
02/16/26	Monday	Presidents Day
05/25/26	Monday	Memorial Day
Floating	Floating	Juneteenth Day* (Floating Holiday)

Fiscal Year 2026-27

Date	Day	Holiday
07/03/26	Friday	Independence Day (substitute)
09/07/26	Monday	Labor Day
11/26/26	Thursday	Thanksgiving Day
11/27/26	Friday	Day After Thanksgiving in lieu of Mother Cabrini Day
12/24/26	Thursday	Christmas Eve in lieu of Veterans Day
12/25/26	Friday	Christmas Day
12/28/26	Monday	Winter Break
12/29/26	Tuesday	Winter Break
12/30/26	Wednesday	Winter Break
12/31/26	Thursday	Winter Break
01/01/27	Friday	New Year's Day
01/18/27	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
02/15/27	Monday	Presidents Day
05/31/27	Monday	Memorial Day
Floating	Floating	Juneteenth Day* (Floating Holiday)

Fiscal Year 2027-28

Date	Day	Holiday
07/05/27	Monday	Independence Day (substitute)
09/06/27	Monday	Labor Day
11/25/27	Thursday	Thanksgiving Day
11/26/27	Friday	Day After Thanksgiving in lieu of Mother Cabrini Day
12/24/27	Friday	Christmas Eve in lieu of Veterans Day
12/27/27	Monday	Christmas Day (substitute)
12/28/27	Tuesday	Winter Break
12/29/27	Wednesday	Winter Break
12/30/27	Thursday	Winter Break
12/31/27	Friday	New Years Day (substitute)
01/17/28	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
02/21/28	Monday	Presidents Day
05/29/28	Monday	Memorial Day
Floating	Floating	Juneteenth Day* (Floating - Personal Observance)

Fiscal Year 2028-29

Date	Day	Holiday
07/04/28	Tuesday	Independence Day
09/04/28	Monday	Labor Day
11/23/28	Thursday	Thanksgiving Day
11/24/28	Friday	Day After Thanksgiving in lieu of Mother Cabrini Day
12/25/28	Monday	Christmas Day
12/26/28	Tuesday	Winter Break in lieu of Veteran's Day
12/27/28	Wednesday	Winter Break
12/28/28	Thursday	Winter Break
12/29/28	Friday	Winter Break
01/01/29	Monday	New Years Day
01/15/29	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
02/19/29	Monday	Presidents Day
05/28/29	Monday	Memorial Day
Floating	Floating	Juneteenth Day* (Floating - Personal Observance)

Anschutz Holiday Schedules (PDF)

Important Notes

Where (substitute) is shown, the state holiday falls on a weekend and has been substituted to the Friday before or Monday after, as applicable.

Employees designated as Essential or Critical, and employees with clinical responsibilities requiring them to be on campus on a designated holiday will receive equivalent administrative leave to take at an alternate time, in coordination with their manager, prior to the end of the same fiscal year.

Juneteenth Day is a floating holiday that may be recognized by the employee on the state or federal designated day or on a day of personal significance to the employee, in coordination with their manager, and prior to the end of the same fiscal year.

For employees in Consolidated Units serving both the CU Denver and CU Anschutz Campuses, employees will select their holiday schedule for the fiscal year. Typically, the employee will select the holiday schedule where they have a primary assignment. Employees indicate their holiday schedule via the CU Employee Portal: My Info and Pay > MyLeave > Preferences > Holiday Schedule.

For more information and guidance on administering holiday leave, reference Administrative Policy Statement 4018: Holidays.

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This means that all work and classes (on-site or remote) on the CU Anschutz campus is suspended for a State, Chancellor or Governor designated holiday. However, essential and critical employees, and those with clinical responsibilities and other campus critical functions may be required to be on campus.

You are considered essential or critical if you work in any University of Colorado Hospital or Children’s Hospital Colorado space, and/or are responsible for patient care and clinical operations in another site of practice that are unable to close or if you have received an essential or critical personnel card or it has been designated in your offer letter (e.g., facilities, police, etc.). You may choose alternate days with your manager’s approval.

If you are unsure if your position is considered essential or critical, you may ask your manager or department-level HR Business Partner.

If you use MyLeave, state holidays are generally pre-populated with the “Holiday (HOL)” earnings code and do not require any additional entry on the employee’s behalf.

For Chancellor or Governor designated holidays, employees should record the time as “Administrative Leave” with a note “Holiday Closure” in the description field.

For employees using a different timekeeping system, please check with your department-level HR Business Partner for department-specific timekeeping procedures.

Employees working flextime/compressed schedules receive eight (8) hours of paid holiday leave per holiday and must use vacation for the hours normally worked over eight (8) hours, or work the extra time another day of the same week, or revert to a schedule of eight (8) hours a day for the five days of that week, or be docked for the unpaid hours of time.

Appointing authorities (CU Anschutz Chancellor) may designate alternative holiday schedules for the fiscal year. Classified employees will receive the equivalent of the full complement of eleven (11) State holidays for the fiscal year. Classified employees who are required to work on any of the State observed holidays shall be granted an alternate day off in the same fiscal year.

Unless an employee requests an alternate holiday to observe, classified non-exempt employees shall be paid premium pay equal to 1.5x of their regular base rate of pay or corresponding compensatory time for all hours worked on a State observed (or campus designated alternate holiday).

Who can I contact with additional questions?

Employees should reach out to their college, school, or unit-level HR Business Partner first. If employees continue to have questions, they may contact the following via email:

The central HR Employee Relations & Performance Team

The central HR Operations Team

For School of Medicine employees, the School of Medicine HR Team

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Fiscal Year 2025-26

Fiscal Year 2026-27

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Fiscal Year 2028-29

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Holiday Calendar FAQ

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CU Anschutz Campus Holiday Schedules

Fiscal Year 2025-26

Fiscal Year 2026-27

Fiscal Year 2027-28

Fiscal Year 2028-29

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Holiday Calendar FAQ

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What does the campus closure mean?

How do I know if I am considered essential (non-exempt) or critical (exempt) personnel?

How does this affect essential (non-exempt) or critical (exempt) personnel?

Who receives paid holiday leave?

I am a working retiree; do I receive paid holiday leave?

Are temporary employees (including student workers) eligible for paid holiday leave?

If I already have approved vacation or sick leave that falls on a holiday, how will it work?

How will time be recorded?

I work in a Consolidated Unit serving both CU Denver and CU Anschutz Campus, is there anything I need to do?

I use a different time keeping system than MyLeave, how do I enter holiday leave time?

Is there an eligibility date for new hires to receive paid holiday leave?

Does an employee who terminates during the month of December receive paid Winter Break days?

How is a state, Chancellor or Governor designated holiday applied when it falls on the scheduled workday of an employee who works a flextime/compressed schedule of more than eight hours a day?

Do employees on unpaid leave for the entire month in which holiday leave days occur receive the hours?

Do employees with unpaid leave during the month (not the whole month) in which the holiday leave days are observed receive the hours (prorated for part-time employees)?

Do employees using their short-term disability benefits receive holiday leave?

How will this impact classified employees?

Who can I contact with additional questions?